Sentences with phrase «neurobiological evidence»

After a brief review of the neurobiology of childhood trauma, we use the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study as an epidemiological «case example» of the convergence between epidemiologic and neurobiological evidence of the effects of childhood trauma.

But thus far, he says, there has been little neurobiological evidence for it.

Lawyers rarely heed scientists» cautions «that the neurobiological evidence at issue is weak, particularly for making claims about individuals rather than studying between - group differences,» they add.

Her analysis found that the second most common use of neurobiological evidence in court is to challenge defendants» competency to plead guilty, confess, stand trial, or be sentenced.

With a few notable exceptions, use of neurobiological evidence in courtrooms «continues to be haphazard, ad hoc, and often ill conceived,» she and her colleagues write.

Most judges and juries are not persuaded by neurobiological evidence used to argue that a defendant was not fully responsible for his or her actions, as in Gunther's case, the analysis found.

Between 2005 and 2012, more than 1585 U.S. published judicial opinions describe the use of neurobiological evidence by criminal defendants to shore up their defense, according to a study published last week in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences by legal scholar Nita Farahany of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and colleagues.

Not exact matches

A growing literature continues to build evidence showing neurobiological and behavioral parallels between addiction, pathological gambling, and obesity.

In the meantime, the current study builds evidence that addictive drugs appropriate the neurobiological tools of learning and memory to create long - term changes in brain reward pathways.

Jack Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child and a professor at Harvard University, constantly explores the research and scientific evidence on children's «toxic stress response» and the impact this neurobiological system has on brain development and the development of disease years and decades later.

New evidence on neurobiological causes.

Child Abuse and Neglect: A Mental Health Perspective Caffo, Lievers, & Forresi (2006) In Working With Children and Adolescents: An Evidence - Based Approach to Risk and Resilience View Abstract Discusses the intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for abuse, the neurobiological and developmental consequences of abuse, factors that influence resiliency, and prevention and intervention strategies.

There is now ample evidence from the preclinical and clinical fields that early life trauma has both dramatic and long - lasting effects on neurobiological systems and functions that are involved in different forms of psychopathology as well as on health in general.

Fortunately, the past 20 years have evidenced an avalanche of neurobiological data regarding how the human brain develops in the context of somatosensory stimulation and relational attachment.

,» calls out the tension between (1) the strength of the evidence linking ACEs to adult physical and mental health, alcohol and substance abuse, interpersonal violence and sexual and other health risk behaviors and (2) concrete knowledge and methods for how to prevent and address the neurobiological and psychosocial impact of ACEs and childhood trauma in clinical practice, public health and in policy.

Converging evidence reveals a significant impact of childhood trauma on neurobiological development (in terms of brain structure and function), psychological processes, hormonal and cognitive functioning, which may underlie the effect of childhood trauma on later psychological functioning.

Dr. Fisher's work on children in foster care and the child welfare system includes (a) basic research characterizing the effects of early stress on neurobiological systems such as the HPA axis and areas of the prefrontal cortex involved in executive functioning; (b) the development of preventive interventions, including the Treatment Foster Care of Oregon Program for Preschoolers (TFCO - P) and the Kids in Transition to School Program (KITS); and (c) the dissemination of evidence - based practice in community settings.

The primary aim of this paper is to discuss the evidence that specific neurobiological systems are involved in the etiology of childhood - onset antisocial behavior.